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[rjag]

Picked up my new Hybrid Maverick. So much demand for this that they have filled the order book for the model year and have stopped taking orders till mid summer for the 23's. 

Numbers say it should get about 42mpg which isnt to shabby for a p/u

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[UDeMan]

Looks good Rjag. Let us know your real world numbers for the MPG.

[MarkoJ]

Those are some nice rims for an entry level pick-up truck. How much was it again?

[Mike K.]

That's the cutest thing I've ever seen!

 

It's nice that they're bringing back these micro trucks. It's about time, honestly.

[LJ]

Kia will start delivering the EV6 to dealerships next month (Hyundai soon afterwards). This will be the Model 3, X and Y killer. Ford and Rivian will kill the Cybertruck and that will leave Mercedes, BMW and Porsche to fight over the S market.

 

I'm told my Ionic 5 will be built in July.

[rjag]

Those are some nice rims for an entry level pick-up truck. How much was it again?

 

This is the XLT Hybrid so middle of the range. Delivered taxes in was $39k. Its quite well equipped, heated mirrors, seats and steering wheel, Apple and Android. The bed has a 110 power plug and the back seat has a 400w inverter. I added the tailgate extender as well. Rides more like an SUV than a truck, likely because its based on the Escape and Bronco platform

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[lanforod]

I’d thought about ordering but I need 2k payload and 10k lb tow . This doesn’t cut it

[spanky123]

I'm told my Ionic 5 will be built in July.

 

Have you been given a price yet? Sounds like a decently equipped Kia or Hyundai will come in under the $50K threshold to get the max tax rebates as well. Longer range than a Model 3 and about 60% of the price.

[MarkoJ]

This is the XLT Hybrid so middle of the range. Delivered taxes in was $39k. Its quite well equipped, heated mirrors, seats and steering wheel, Apple and Android. The bed has a 110 power plug and the back seat has a 400w inverter. I added the tailgate extender as well. Rides more like an SUV than a truck, likely because its based on the Escape and Bronco platform

 

Smoking value. Ridgeline Sport which is a similar concept with tax would be 53k-54k out the door. 

[LJ]

Have you been given a price yet? Sounds like a decently equipped Kia or Hyundai will come in under the $50K threshold to get the max tax rebates as well. Longer range than a Model 3 and about 60% of the price.

It will be under the 50k threshold.

[Mike K.]

Maybe they should delay fool saFe DriVIng for a little while longer.

Tesla Inc will recall 53,822 U.S. vehicles with the company’s Full Self-Driving (Beta) software that may allow some models to conduct “rolling stops” and not come to a complete stop at some intersections posing a safety risk.

- https://vancouversun...8a-e739d588996a

All we need on our roads are half-baked autonomous vehicles.

[Victoria Watcher]

The "recall" is an OTA software update.   

 

And all it'll do is have the car go to zero, instead of 2mph at a stop sign where there are zero other cars present.  So now it'll be the only vehicle acting odd at the intersection.  70% of drivers do not stop at intersections where they are required to.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 02 February 2022 - 12:58 AM.

[Mike K.]

But these cars are supposed to me smarter. Are they building in bad driver habits now?

[Victoria Watcher]

But these cars are supposed to me smarter. Are they building in bad driver habits now?

Yes, actually. When you set it to “aggressive” it will also speed and make more bold lane changes and merges etc. Just like a human driver.

[Mike K.]

That’s not very comforting.

[Victoria Watcher]

Nobody going to switch it on if 95% of the other cars are passing you on the highway.

[Mike K.]

Nobody except those that do and cause massive accidents with their new badly coded toy.

[Victoria Watcher]

Nobody except those that do and cause massive accidents with their new badly coded toy.

It’s not going to be legal until it’s proven to be at least 5x maybe 10x safer than even a good human driver.

Patience, young grasshopper.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 02 February 2022 - 08:59 AM.

[sebberry]

The vast vast majority of 'rolling stops' don't result in collisions.  Most 4-way stops can safely be converted to yields anyway.  

[Mike K.]

It’s not going to be legal until it’s proven to be at least 5x maybe 10x safer than even a good human driver.

Patience, young grasshopper.

Oh believe me, this had all been about patience.